At high noon, under a blazing Sicilian sun and a cloudless cobalt sky, the ancient Greek Theater of Taormina (*Teatro Antico di Taormina*) stood locked and secured under the guns of eighty elite Moretti soldiers. Perched precipitously on the cliffside of Monte Tauro, the third-century BC amphitheater offered a breathtaking, panoramic view of the sparkling Ionian Sea and the majestic, steaming cone of Mount Etna. For over two millennia, Greek…
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